英语教学必须同所学语言文化背景知识结合起来 ,培养学生的跨文化交际能力。文化内涵词作为文化背景知识的重要组成部分 ,是英语教学中文化教学内容研究的焦点。本文拟从英汉词语所负载的民族文化内涵义进行对比分析 ,指出英汉语言社会文化的差异 ,强调文化背景知识教学应注意深入到含有文化内涵的词语教学上 English teaching must be combined with the knowledge of the language and culture background to cultivate students’ intercultural communication skills. As an important part of cultural background knowledge, cultural connotation words are the focus of the study of cultural teaching in English teaching. This paper intends to compare and analyze the meaning of the national culture carried by the English and Chinese words, points out the differences between English and Chinese in the social culture, and emphasizes that the teaching of the cultural background should pay attention to the teaching of the words that contain the cultural connotation